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Why Reading Struggles Start Well Before The First Book (And What Parents Can Do)
The Acquisition of Reading Skills by Stages My child can speak well but struggles to read. It's more common than you think. An NIH study showed that 73% of at-risk readers have language milestone...
Check Phonemic Awareness When Sounding Out Words Is Torture
Why Learning to Listen Comes Before Learning to Read "The best predictor of reading difficulty in kindergarten or first grade is the inability to segment words and syllables into constituent sound...
Specific Learning Disabilities (SLD): A Parent’s Guide
SLD - Clarity, Support, and Next Steps Specific Learning Disability is a broad administrative category public schools use to qualify kids for special education services (IEPs). It includes...
Tutoring or a Gemm Learning Intervention
SUMMARY. If your child is constantly frustrated, losing confidence, and/or making slow progress despite tutoring support at home or school, they likely have a learning delay that won't resolve...
Is Your Child’s Brain Fast Enough to Read?
The Amazing Reading Brain - If Processing Is Fast Enough The brain can make every word a "sight word" when language processing skills are good. But what if they're not? Reading feels like a visual...
Reading Help for 1st Graders
Learning To Read Is a Sequential Process Is your child having difficulty blending sounds in 1st grade? Is your first grader struggling with reading? What does struggling with reading even mean in...
ADHD Treatment For Kids Without Medication: Natural Remedies
ADHD Therapies With No Medicine How to help a child with ADHD without drugs? It's a question we hear more often these days. While lesser known, there are ways to manage and control ADHD without...
State Scholarship Application Windows for 2026/27
Apply Now, Make Program Choice Later Many parents receive 100% funding from their state for their Gemm Learning program Many states offer full funding of after-school tutoring and learning...
Is Dyslexia Linked to Low IQ?
Yale study confirms that dyslexia not correlated to IQ. Learning read requires cognitive foundation that can be mastered by everyone regardless of IQ.
The Amazing Brain and How It Changes
Neuroplasticity Examples – How the Brain Learns and Transforms The human brain is a fascinating organ. While it makes up only about 2 percent of our body mass, it uses approximately 20 percent of...
Breaking the Connection: Dyslexia and Anxiety
How to End Dyslexia Panic Attacks and Homework Tears If you want to learn how to help a dyslexic child crying over homework, how to stop school avoidance related to dyslexia, or how to help a child...
Writing Problems – How To Help Your Child
Do's and Don'ts for Struggling Young Writers Every parent knows that sometimes getting their child to complete work can be challenging. Whether you are teaching your children at home or in school,...
Daily Life for a Child With APD
You ask: "Why is my child so exhausted after school every day?" "Does my child have a hearing problem or are they just not listening?" APD affects every aspect of life, not just learning. It can be...
9 Surprising Consequences of Auditory Processing Disorder
Auditory Processing Impacts Many Aspects of Life Auditory processing disorder (APD) is an umbrella term that describes many different auditory processing problems and difficulties synthesizing...
Twice-Exceptional (2e) Help: Reading Programs for Gifted Children With Dyslexia
Double-Edged Frustration: 2e, Twice-Exceptional Kids Twice-exceptional, meaning gifted students with a learning disability like dyslexia, is a challenge for parents in two major ways: Diagnosing....
How to Prepare Your Child for Phonics and Reading Success
How to Avoid Phonics Frustration When Phonics Doesn't Work for Reading: Try Pre-phonics Training Phonics fell out of favor as a primary method of reading instruction because too many children lack...
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